i'm kaitlyn phipps, a wedding and family photographer located in southwest virginia.

This is long overdue! But, huge congratulations are due to my sister Kelsey who graduated from JMU two weeks ago! So for me, graduating college meant the end of a chapter that I was SO happy to be through with. By the end of college I’d changed so much, I wasn’t passionate about my major […]

Roadtrip season has officially begun, friends. Summer for David and I means traveling most weekends, many fabulous weddings, and lots of milage on the Prius. Aka the Sassapri. Not sure I can explain that one, and I’m pretty sure I’m the only one who uses that nickname for our car…but there you have it. I […]

I heart college students. College is such a unique time in life, so different from any other. You are making decisions that effect your forever, you’re deciding what you’re passionate about, and you’re growing into that man or woman that you’re striving to be. How lucky am I to be able to interact with people […]

Sometimes you just have off weeks. I feel like I’m in the middle of one of those right now. The kind of week where things seem to comically go wrong. Where you drop an entire plate of food facedown (yes, this happened. in front of a whole crowd of people), forget your camera at your […]

Early summer sun just brings out this gorgeousness. Everything looks hazy, you want to lay outside and watch the sun drop beneath the horizon. It makes you feel a little more in love with the people and the world around you. That’s also what it was like to spend time with Shawn and Katie. I’ve […]